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id="toc-Recognition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recognition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Recognition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recognition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" 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Available in 43 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-43" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">43 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="مجتمع ويكيبيديا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مجتمع ويكيبيديا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC" title="উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায়" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Вікіпедысты – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедысты" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunitat_Wikipedia" title="Comunitat Wikipedia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Comunitat Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedist" title="Vikipedist – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipedist" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Κοινότητα της Βικιπαίδειας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κοινότητα της Βικιπαίδειας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunidad_de_Wikipedia" title="Comunidad de Wikipedia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Comunidad de Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediisto" title="Vikipediisto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipediisto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikilari" title="Wikilari – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Wikilari" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="جامعه ویکی‌پدیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جامعه ویکی‌پدیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communaut%C3%A9_wikip%C3%A9dienne" title="Communauté wikipédienne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Communauté wikipédienne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC_%EA%B3%B5%EB%8F%99%EC%B2%B4" title="위키백과 공동체 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과 공동체" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%27ummar_Wikipedia" title="Al'ummar Wikipedia – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Al'ummar Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Վիքիպեդիստներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիստներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF" title="विकिपीडिया समुदाय – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया समुदाय" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komunitas_Wikipedia" title="Komunitas Wikipedia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Komunitas Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%AA_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94" title="קהילת ויקיפדיה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קהילת ויקיפדיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedijos_bendruomen%C4%97" title="Vikipedijos bendruomenė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vikipedijos bendruomenė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komuniti_Wikipedia" title="Komuniti Wikipedia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Komuniti Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipediagemeenschap" title="Wikipediagemeenschap – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipediagemeenschap" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF" title="विकिपिडिया समुदाय – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया समुदाय" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3" title="ウィキペディアのコミュニティ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウィキペディアのコミュニティ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="ویکیپیڈیا برادری – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ویکیپیڈیا برادری" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%BC%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87" title="ويکيپېډيا ټولنه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا ټولنه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spo%C5%82eczno%C5%9B%C4%87_wikipedyst%C3%B3w" title="Społeczność wikipedystów – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Społeczność wikipedystów" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunidade_da_Wikip%C3%A9dia" title="Comunidade da Wikipédia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Comunidade da Wikipédia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunitatea_Wikipedia" title="Comunitatea Wikipedia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comunitatea Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Википедисты – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедисты" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komuniteti_Wikipedia" title="Komuniteti Wikipedia – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Komuniteti Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="විකිපීඩියා ප්‍රජාව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා ප්‍රජාව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="وڪيپيڊيا برادري – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا برادري" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%86%D9%85%DB%95%DA%B5%DA%AF%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="کۆمەڵگەی ویکیپیدیا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کۆمەڵگەی ویکیپیدیا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81" title="விக்கிப்பீடியர் சமூகப் பரப்பு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியர் சமூகப் பரப்பு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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.infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Wikipedia community</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimania_2012_Group_Photograph-0001a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A large group of people seen from above. Everyone is looking at the camera." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Wikimania_2012_Group_Photograph-0001a.jpg/220px-Wikimania_2012_Group_Photograph-0001a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Wikimania_2012_Group_Photograph-0001a.jpg/330px-Wikimania_2012_Group_Photograph-0001a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Wikimania_2012_Group_Photograph-0001a.jpg/440px-Wikimania_2012_Group_Photograph-0001a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Wikimania_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikimania 2012">Wikimania 2012</a> group photograph at <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Informal_organization" title="Informal organization">Informal organization</a> of individual contributors</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Focus</th><td class="infobox-data">Free, <a href="/wiki/Open_content" class="mw-redirect" title="Open content">open-content</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wiki</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> encyclopedias</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Services</th><td class="infobox-data note">Authoring and <a href="/wiki/Editing" title="Editing">editing</a> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="https://wikipedia.org">wikipedia<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Wikipedia community</b>, collectively and individually known as <b>Wikipedians</b>, is an <a href="/wiki/Online_community" title="Online community">online community</a> of volunteers who create and maintain <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Online_encyclopedia" title="Online encyclopedia">online encyclopedia</a>. Since August 2012, the word "Wikipedian" has been an <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford Dictionary</a></i> entry.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wikipedians may or may not consider themselves part of the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_movement" title="Wikimedia movement">Wikimedia movement</a>, a global network of volunteer contributors to Wikipedia and other related projects hosted by the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia#Wikipedians" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia § Wikipedians</a></div> <p>In April 2008, writer and lecturer <a href="/wiki/Clay_Shirky" title="Clay Shirky">Clay Shirky</a> and computer scientist <a href="/wiki/Martin_M._Wattenberg" title="Martin M. Wattenberg">Martin Wattenberg</a> estimated the total time spent creating Wikipedia at roughly 100 million hours.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of August 2023, there are approximately 109 million registered user accounts across all language editions, of which around 280,000 are "active" (i.e., made at least one edit in the last thirty days).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WMF_Strategic_Plan_Survey.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/WMF_Strategic_Plan_Survey.svg/220px-WMF_Strategic_Plan_Survey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/WMF_Strategic_Plan_Survey.svg/330px-WMF_Strategic_Plan_Survey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/WMF_Strategic_Plan_Survey.svg/440px-WMF_Strategic_Plan_Survey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="440" /></a><figcaption>Wikipedia editor demographics (2008)</figcaption></figure> <p>A study published in 2010 found that the contributor base to Wikipedia "was barely 13% women; the average age of a contributor was in the mid-20s".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2011 study by researchers from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> found that females comprised 16.1% of the 38,497 editors who started editing Wikipedia during 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a January 2011 <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> article, <a href="/wiki/Noam_Cohen" title="Noam Cohen">Noam Cohen</a> observed that 13% of Wikipedia's contributors are female according to a 2008 Wikimedia Foundation survey.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gardner" title="Sue Gardner">Sue Gardner</a>, a former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, hoped to see female contributions increase to 25% by 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Linda Basch, president of the National Council for Research on Women, noted the contrast in these Wikipedia editor statistics with the percentage of women currently completing bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and PhD programs in the United States (all at rates of 50% or greater).<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_WP_male_domination_1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_WP_male_domination_1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response, various universities have hosted <a href="/wiki/Edit-a-thon" title="Edit-a-thon">edit-a-thons</a> to encourage more women to participate in the Wikipedia community. In fall 2013, 15 colleges and universities—including Yale, Brown, and Penn State—offered college credit for students to "write feminist thinking" about technology into Wikipedia.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2008 self-selected survey of the diversity of contributors by highest educational degree indicated that 62% of responding Wikipedia editors had attained either a high school or undergraduate college education.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2014, Wikipedia co-founder <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a> said in a BBC interview that the Wikimedia Foundation was "... really doubling down our efforts ..." to reach 25% of female editors (originally targeted by 2015), since the Foundation had "totally failed" so far. Wales said "a lot of things need to happen ... a lot of outreach, a lot of software changes".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lih" title="Andrew Lih">Andrew Lih</a>, writing in <i>The New York Times</i>, was quoted by <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_News" title="Bloomberg News">Bloomberg News</a> in December 2016 as supporting Wales's comments concerning shortfalls in Wikipedia's outreach to female editors. Lih states his concern with the question indicating that: "How can you get people to participate in an [editing] environment that feels unsafe, where identifying yourself as a woman, as a feminist, could open you up to ugly, intimidating behavior".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, a representative survey of 1,000 adults in the U.S. by <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a> found that 7% had ever edited Wikipedia, 20% had considered doing so but had not, 55% had neither considered editing Wikipedia nor done it, and 17% had never visited Wikipedia.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Motivation">Motivation</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AThe_Impact_Of_Wikipedia.webm&lang=tr&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="tr" label="Türkçe ‪(tr)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AThe_Impact_Of_Wikipedia.webm&lang=uk&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="uk" label="українська ‪(uk)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AThe_Impact_Of_Wikipedia.webm&lang=vi&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="vi" label="Tiếng Việt ‪(vi)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AThe_Impact_Of_Wikipedia.webm&lang=zh-hant&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="zh-Hant" label="中文（繁體） ‪(zh-hant)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AThe_Impact_Of_Wikipedia.webm&lang=zh-hk&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="zh-Hant-HK" label="中文（香港） ‪(zh-hk)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AThe_Impact_Of_Wikipedia.webm&lang=zh-tw&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="zh-Hant-TW" label="中文（臺灣） ‪(zh-tw)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AThe_Impact_Of_Wikipedia.webm&lang=zh&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="zh" label="中文 ‪(zh)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>Video which articulates the enthusiasm of the Wikipedia community</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WP_April_2011,_Editor_Survey,_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png/220px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png/330px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png/440px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Reasons_for_starting_to_contribute.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="561" /></a><figcaption>Data from April 2011 Editor Survey shows the top reported reasons for starting to contribute.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WP_April_2011,_Editor_Survey,_reasons_for_continuing_to_contribute.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_reasons_for_continuing_to_contribute.png/220px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_reasons_for_continuing_to_contribute.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_reasons_for_continuing_to_contribute.png/330px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_reasons_for_continuing_to_contribute.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_reasons_for_continuing_to_contribute.png/440px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_reasons_for_continuing_to_contribute.png 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="579" /></a><figcaption>Data from April 2011 Editor Survey shows the top reported reasons for continuing to contribute.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WP_April_2011,_Editor_Survey,_Negative_feedback_loops_don%27t_work.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Negative_feedback_loops_don%27t_work.png/220px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Negative_feedback_loops_don%27t_work.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Negative_feedback_loops_don%27t_work.png/330px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Negative_feedback_loops_don%27t_work.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Negative_feedback_loops_don%27t_work.png/440px-WP_April_2011%2C_Editor_Survey%2C_Negative_feedback_loops_don%27t_work.png 2x" data-file-width="1044" data-file-height="524" /></a><figcaption>Data from April 2011 Editor Survey shows the top reported experiences that make editors less likely to edit.</figcaption></figure> <p>In a 2003 study of Wikipedia as a community, economics Ph.D. student Andrea Ciffolilli argued that the low <a href="/wiki/Transaction_cost" title="Transaction cost">transaction costs</a> of participating in <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wiki</a> software create a catalyst for collaborative development, and that a "creative construction" approach encourages participation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A paper written by Andrea Forte and <a href="/wiki/Amy_S._Bruckman" title="Amy S. Bruckman">Amy Bruckman</a> in 2005, called "Why Do People Write for Wikipedia? Incentives to Contribute to Open-Content Publishing", discussed the possible motivations of Wikipedia contributors. It applied Latour and Woolgar's concept of the <a href="/wiki/Laboratory_Life#Cycles_of_Credit" title="Laboratory Life">cycle of credit</a> to Wikipedia contributors, suggesting that the reason that people write for Wikipedia is to gain recognition within the community.<sup id="cite_ref-Forte_and_Bruckman_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forte_and_Bruckman-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oded Nov, in his 2007 paper "What Motivates Wikipedians", related the motivations of volunteers in general to the motivations of people who contribute to Wikipedia.<sup id="cite_ref-Nov_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nov-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nov carried out a survey using the six motivations of volunteers, identified in an earlier paper.<sup id="cite_ref-Clary_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clary-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The survey found that the most commonly indicated motives were "fun", "ideology", and "values", whereas the least frequently indicated motives were "career", "social", and "protective".<sup id="cite_ref-Nov_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nov-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The six motivations he used were: </p> <ul><li>Values – expressing values to do with altruism and helping others</li> <li>Social – engaging with friends, taking part in activities viewed favourably by others</li> <li>Understanding – expanding knowledge through activities</li> <li>Career – gaining work experience and skills</li> <li>Protective – e.g., reducing guilt over <a href="/wiki/Privilege_(social_inequality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Privilege (social inequality)">personal privilege</a></li> <li>Enhancement – demonstrating knowledge to others</li></ul> <p>To these six motivations he also added: </p> <ul><li>Ideology – expressing support for what is perceived to be the underlying <a href="/wiki/Ideology" title="Ideology">ideology</a> of the activity (e.g., the belief that <a href="/wiki/Libre_knowledge" class="mw-redirect" title="Libre knowledge">knowledge should be free</a>)</li> <li>Fun – enjoying the activity</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> has carried out some surveys of Wikipedia contributors and users. In 2008, the Wikimedia Foundation, alongside the Collaborative Creativity Group at <a href="/wiki/UNU-MERIT" title="UNU-MERIT">UNU-Merit</a>, launched a survey of readers and editors of Wikipedia.<sup id="cite_ref-Moeller_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moeller-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The results of the survey were published two years later on 24 March 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-wikistudy_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikistudy-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wikimedia Foundation began a process in 2011 of semi-annual surveys in order to understand Wikipedia editors more and better cater to their needs.<sup id="cite_ref-editor_survey_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-editor_survey-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-editor_survey_2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-editor_survey_2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Motivations of Wikipedia Content Contributors", a paper by Heng-Li Yang and Cheng-Yu Lai, hypothesised that, because contributing to Wikipedia is voluntary, an individual's enjoyment of participating would be the highest motivator.<sup id="cite_ref-Yang_and_Lai_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yang_and_Lai-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This paper suggests that although people might initially start editing Wikipedia out of enjoyment, the most likely motivation for continuing to participate is <a href="/wiki/Self-concept" title="Self-concept">self-concept</a>-based motivations such as "I like to share knowledge which gives me a sense of personal achievement."<sup id="cite_ref-Yang_and_Lai_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yang_and_Lai-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A study in 2014 by Cheng-Yu Lai and Heng-Li Yang explored the reasons why people continue editing Wikipedia content. The study used authors of the English-language version of the site and received 288 valid online survey responses. Their results indicated and confirmed that subjective task value, commitment, and <a href="/wiki/Procedural_justice" title="Procedural justice">procedural justice</a> affected satisfaction of Wikipedians; and satisfaction influenced an author's continued intention to edit Wikipedia content.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Editors of Wikipedia have given personal testimonials of why they contribute to Wikipedia. A theme of these testimonials is the enjoyment that editors may get from contributing to Wikipedia and being part of the Wikipedia community. Also mentioned is the potential addictive quality of editing Wikipedia. <a href="/wiki/Gina_Trapani" title="Gina Trapani">Gina Trapani</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Lifehacker" title="Lifehacker">Lifehacker</a></i> said "it turns out editing an article isn't scary at all. It's easy, surprisingly satisfying and can become obsessively addictive."<sup id="cite_ref-Trampani_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trampani-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a> has also commented on the addictive quality of Wikipedia, saying "The main thing about Wikipedia ... is that it's fun and addictive".<sup id="cite_ref-Griffin_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffin-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wikipedians sometimes award one another "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Barnstars" title="Wikipedia:Barnstars">barnstars</a>" for good work. These personalized tokens of appreciation reveal a range of valued work extending beyond "simple editing" to include social support, administrative actions, and types of articulation work. The barnstar phenomenon has been analyzed by researchers seeking to determine what implications it might have for other communities engaged in some collaborations.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2012, the Wikipedia page curation interface has included a tab offering editors a "Wikilove" option for giving barnstars and other such awards to other editors "as a reward for carefully curated work".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wikilove has been described as "an immaterial P2P reward mechanism" that substitutes for a formal reputation-valuing system on the site.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2></div> <p>Wikipedia has spawned a number of community news publications. An online newsletter, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Signpost" title="The Signpost">The Signpost</a></i>, has been published since 10 January 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-AyersMatthews2008_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AyersMatthews2008-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Professional cartoonist Greg Williams created a webcomic called <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_WikiWorld" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject WikiWorld">WikiWorld</a></i> which ran in <i>The Signpost</i> from 2006 to 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A podcast called <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly" title="Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly"><i>Wikipedia Weekly</i></a> was active from 2006 to 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a series of conference calls titled "Not the Wikipedia Weekly" ran from 2008 to 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Socializing">Socializing</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiknic_Pittsburgh_1,_2011-06-25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Wiknic_Pittsburgh_1%2C_2011-06-25.jpg/220px-Wiknic_Pittsburgh_1%2C_2011-06-25.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Wiknic_Pittsburgh_1%2C_2011-06-25.jpg/330px-Wiknic_Pittsburgh_1%2C_2011-06-25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Wiknic_Pittsburgh_1%2C_2011-06-25.jpg/440px-Wiknic_Pittsburgh_1%2C_2011-06-25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Wiknic 2011 in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Offline activities are organized by the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> or the community of Wikipedia: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wikimania">Wikimania</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wikimania" title="Wikimania">Wikimania</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WM2006_0018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/WM2006_0018.jpg/220px-WM2006_0018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/WM2006_0018.jpg/330px-WM2006_0018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/WM2006_0018.jpg/440px-WM2006_0018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Wikimania, an annual conference for users of Wikipedia and other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation</figcaption></figure> <p>Wikimania is an annual international conference for users of the <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wiki</a> projects operated by the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> (such as Wikipedia and other <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">sister projects</a>). Topics of presentations and discussions include Wikimedia Foundation projects, other wikis, <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open-source software</a>, free knowledge and free content, and the different social and technical aspects which relate to these topics. Since 2011, the winner of the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedian_of_the_Year" title="Wikimedian of the Year">Wikimedian of the Year</a> award (known as the "Wikipedian of the Year" until 2017) has been announced at Wikimania. </p><p>The first Wikimania was held in <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>, in 2005. Wikimania is organized by a committee supported usually by the local national chapter, with support from local institutions (such as a library or university) and usually from the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimania has been held in cities such as <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2009-website_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2009-website-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-attendees2006_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attendees2006-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-themarker_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-themarker-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Esino_Lario" title="Esino Lario">Esino Lario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>. The 2020 conference scheduled to take place in <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a> was canceled due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, along with those of 2021 and 2022, which were held online as a series of virtual, interactive presentations. The in-person conference returned in 2023 when it was held in Singapore, at which <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> joined as a partner organization.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wiknics_and_conferences">Wiknics and conferences</h3></div> <p>The annual Great American Wiknic was a social gathering that took place in some cities of the United States during the summer. The Wiknic concept allowed Wikipedians to bring picnic food and to personally interact.<sup id="cite_ref-Great_American_Wiknic_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Great_American_Wiknic-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a yearly <a href="/wiki/WikiConference_North_America" title="WikiConference North America">WikiConference North America</a> organized by and for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> editors, enthusiasts, and volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-AOTUS_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AOTUS-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blakemore_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blakemore-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first two events were held at <a href="/wiki/New_York_Law_School" title="New York Law School">New York Law School</a> and Washington, D.C.'s <a href="/wiki/National_Archives_Building" title="National Archives Building">National Archives Building</a> in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Staff from the <a href="/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation" title="Wiki Education Foundation">Wiki Education Foundation</a>, which co-sponsored the 2015 event,<sup id="cite_ref-WEF2015_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WEF2015-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Engen_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Engen-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> also attend each year.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is <a href="/wiki/WikiConference_India" title="WikiConference India">WikiConference India</a> which is a national conference organised in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. The first conference was held in November 2011, in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, the capital of the Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>. It was organised by the <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> Wikipedia community in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_CH#Local_chapters" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikimedia CH">Wikimedia India Chapter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ICA_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICA-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-efytimes_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efytimes-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conference focus is on matters concerning India on Wikipedia projects and other sister projects in <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">Indian folk languages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-efytimes_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efytimes-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hindustan_Times_Language_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hindustan_Times_Language-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WikiConference India 2023 took place in <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> from 28 to 30 April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-Meta_2022_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meta_2022-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, there is <a href="/wiki/Wiki_Indaba" title="Wiki Indaba">Wiki Indaba</a> which is the regional conference for African Wikimedians.<sup id="cite_ref-htxt_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-htxt-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conference includes Wikimedia projects such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, other <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wikis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open-source software</a>, <a href="/wiki/Free_knowledge" class="mw-redirect" title="Free knowledge">free knowledge</a>, free content and how these projects affect the <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">African continent</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Wikipedia#Criticism_of_the_community" title="Criticism of Wikipedia">Criticism of Wikipedia § Criticism of the community</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_Seigenthaler_biography_incident" title="Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident">Seigenthaler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Essjay_controversy" title="Essjay controversy">Essjay</a> incidents caused criticism of Wikipedia's reliability and usefulness as a reference.<sup id="cite_ref-Seigenthaler-incident_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seigenthaler-incident-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Essjay-controversy_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Essjay-controversy-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Complaints related to the community include the effects of users' anonymity, attitudes toward newcomers, abuses of privileges by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_administrators" title="Wikipedia administrators">administrators</a>, biases in the social structure of the community (in particular <a href="/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia" title="Gender bias on Wikipedia">gender bias</a> and lack of female contributors)<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the role of the project's co-founder <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a> in the community.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One particular controversy with regards to paid contributors to Wikipedia prompted the Wikimedia Foundation to send a <a href="/wiki/Cease_and_desist" title="Cease and desist">cease and desist</a> letter to the <a href="/wiki/Wiki-PR_editing_of_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiki-PR editing of Wikipedia">Wiki-PR</a> agency.<sup id="cite_ref-Change-2013_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Change-2013-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wikipedia's co-founder <a href="/wiki/Larry_Sanger" title="Larry Sanger">Larry Sanger</a> (who later founded rival project <a href="/wiki/Citizendium" title="Citizendium">Citizendium</a>) characterized the Wikipedia community in 2007 as ineffective and abusive, stating that "The community does not enforce its own rules effectively or consistently. Consequently, administrators and ordinary participants alike are able essentially to act abusively with impunity, which begets a never-ending cycle of abuse."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Kamm" title="Oliver Kamm">Oliver Kamm</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> expressed skepticism toward Wikipedia's reliance on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CON" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CON">consensus</a> in forming its content: "Wikipedia seeks not truth but consensus, and like an interminable political meeting the end result will be dominated by the loudest and most persistent voices."<sup id="cite_ref-okw_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-okw-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Monument_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A monument depicting a group of 4 people holding up an incomplete sphere made of jigsaw puzzle pieces." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Wikipedia_Monument_2.JPG/170px-Wikipedia_Monument_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Wikipedia_Monument_2.JPG/255px-Wikipedia_Monument_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Wikipedia_Monument_2.JPG/340px-Wikipedia_Monument_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2459" data-file-height="3834" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_Monument" title="Wikipedia Monument">Wikipedia Monument</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Mihran_Hakobyan" title="Mihran Hakobyan">Mihran Hakobyan</a> (2014), in <a href="/wiki/S%C5%82ubice" title="Słubice">Słubice</a>, Poland</figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_Monument" title="Wikipedia Monument">Wikipedia Monument</a> by sculptor <a href="/wiki/Mihran_Hakobyan" title="Mihran Hakobyan">Mihran Hakobyan</a> was erected in <a href="/wiki/S%C5%82ubice" title="Słubice">Słubice</a>, Poland, in 2014 to honor the Wikipedia community.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_Prize" title="Erasmus Prize">2015 Erasmus Prize</a> was awarded to the Wikipedia community for promoting the dissemination of knowledge through a comprehensive and universally accessible encyclopedia. To achieve that, the initiators of Wikipedia have designed a new and effective democratic platform. The prize specifically recognizes Wikipedia as a community—a shared project that involves tens of thousands of volunteers around the world."<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Wikipedia:Administration</a> – an internal Wikipedia page about the administrative structure of Wikipedia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_community" title="Wikipedia:The community">Wikipedia:The community</a> – an internal Wikipedia page about the term</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup" title="Wikipedia:Meetup">Wikipedia:Meetup</a> – "regular" (or more spontaneous) face-to-face meetings of Wikipedians</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_people" title="List of Wikipedia people">List of Wikipedia people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9distes" title="Encyclopédistes">Encyclopédistes</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121028113814/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/08/hella-ridic-new-words-to-make-you-lolz/">"Hella ridic new words to make you lolz: ODO August 2012 update"</a>. <i>OxfordWords blog</i>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. 23 August 2012. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Raju_Narisetti" title="Raju Narisetti">Raju Narisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Pruitt" title="Steven Pruitt">Steven Pruitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Rauwerda" title="Annie Rauwerda">Annie Rauwerda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Sanger" title="Larry Sanger">Larry Sanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Sefidari" title="María Sefidari">María Sefidari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Seitz-Gruwell" title="Lisa Seitz-Gruwell">Lisa Seitz-Gruwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosie_Stephenson-Goodknight" title="Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight">Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Tretikov" title="Lila Tretikov">Lila Tretikov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_White_(writer)" title="Molly White (writer)">Molly White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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death">Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_and_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Wikipedia and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_and_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Wikipedia and the Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Honors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/274301_Wikipedia" title="274301 Wikipedia">274301 Wikipedia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Viola_angustifolia" title="Viola angustifolia">Viola angustifolia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_Monument" title="Wikipedia Monument">Wikipedia Monument</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">References<br />and analysis</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academic_studies_about_Wikipedia" title="Academic studies about Wikipedia">Academic studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Wikipedia" title="Bibliography of Wikipedia">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_in_culture" title="Wikipedia in culture">Cultural</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_about_Wikipedia" title="List of films about Wikipedia">Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Listen_to_Wikipedia" title="Listen to Wikipedia">Listen to Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipediocracy" title="Wikipediocracy">Wikipediocracy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mobile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_mobile_applications" 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